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- Number: A3TH072690U206
- Subject: Running 3Com 3Stations on NetWare
- Date: August 2, 1990
- OS Version: All
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- GENERAL
- INFORMATION: 3Com 3Stations can be successfully integrated on the NetWare
- LAN by means of the 3STAT.ARC on NetWire/NOVA/LIB 8. This
- includes a DOC file and certain necessary drivers. The
- 3C505/2012 adapter must be installed in a NetWare 286
- server as LAN A or on a NetWare Router station of the same
- ethernet segment as the 3Stations (in the LAN A
- configuration for the router). The BOOTSTAT.COM file must
- be placed in the SYSTEM directory of the NetWare 286 server
- and the NET$DOS.SYS file in the LOGIN directory of the
- NetWare 286 server.
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- If a NetWare 386 server is included in this configuration,
- it must be isolated from the 3Stations across a router,
- making it at least one hop away from any 3Stations.
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- 3Com 3Stations have a configuration mode in ROM. One needs
- to embed the name of the NET$DOS.SYS file in the 3Station's
- ROM as an 8 character name - no path or extention included.
- 3Stations send out an XNS broadcast on the network when
- they power on. Only the special 3C505/2012 driver for
- 3Stations, which is included in the 3STAT.ARC file from
- NetWire, can respond to the 3Stations' broadcast. The
- 3Stations requests the BOOTSTAT file. The BOOTSTAT file
- tells the 3Stations how to ask for the BOOTCONF or NET$DOS
- file.
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- Finally, having a 3C505/2012 on a router station with the
- right driver generated in only a 386 server is not enough
- to support the 3Stations with the presently developed
- driver. A NetWare 286 server must be present. This is
- because these drivers were developed by a third party and
- we are fortunate that they work at all.
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- (X) This information was verified verbally.
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